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Solvay construirá una planta de sílice en PoloniaSolvay Will build a plant of silica in Poland
18 February 2013
Solvay will invest 75 million euros in the construction of a new plant that will produce 85.000 annual tonnes of silica highly dispersable (HDS, by his acronyms in English) in Wloclawek, Poland. Combined with a greater expansion of capacity in his centre of Qingdao (China), between the two investments will increase 30% the capacity of production of silica highly dispersable of Solvay all over the world.
Situated in the centre of Poland, beside the new motorway of Warsaw-Gdansk and key for the energetic distribution, the new plant will offer logistical profits to the customers in east Europe and Russia. The centre is cataloged like Special Economic Zone (ZEE), in the breast of the industrial complex of Anwil, a subsidiary of the energetic company and of Polish refining PKN Orlen. The ending is foreseen for the third quarter of 2014.
“We are engaged to support the growth of our customers in east Europe, Russia and all over the world. This new centre will offer our more innovative products from a very reliable platform and competitive. We follow engaged to invest, advancing us to the development of the industry to keep our technological leadership and of market”, signalled Tom Benner, president of Solvay Silica.
Among others products of HDS, the new plant will produce Zeosil Premium, the last generation of silica highly dispersable, used for the manufacture of tyres of low consumption. Premium Is a HDS patented of exclusive design that reduces the consumption of fuel until 7%, in addition to improving other properties of performance of the tyres.
“We assist to a strong demand of a greater innovation of the silica to improve the performance of the tyres. The rule of labeling of the tyres has carried to an increase cuádruple in the adoption of Zeosil Premium regarding the past year and expects that it continue the strong tendency of growth”, adds Benner.
Solvay Will add capacity of production to his plant of Qingdao (China) that started in 2010. This extension already is under way and will finish predictably to finals of 2013. The capacity of the centre will rise until 112.000 annual tonnes.
These investments are continuation of the extensions of volume in France (2012), United States (2011), and a new plant in Qingdao, China (2010). To the ending of these projects, the capacity of annual production of silica highly dispersable of Solvay will approach to the 500.000 tonnes, duplicating the previous levels to the 2010.
